Friends Provident Trophy | |||
Administrator | England and Wales Cricket Board | ||
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Format | Limited overs cricket | ||
First tournament | 1963 | ||
Last tournament | 2009 | ||
Number of teams | 20 | ||
Defending champion | Hampshire | ||
Most successful | Lancashire (7 titles) | ||
The Friends Provident Trophy was a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom. It was one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties compete each season. They were joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland. Lancashire won the title a record seven times. The competition has previously been known as the C&G Trophy (2000-2006), the NatWest Trophy (1981-2000) and the Gillette Cup (1963-1980). For a short period following the 2006 season, the competition was known as the ECB Trophy because no sponsors were forthcoming when Cheltenham and Gloucester decided to end their association with the competition after the 2006 season. The tournament, along with the Pro40 forty-overs competition, was replaced by the Clydesdale Bank 40 competition from the 2010 season.
External links[]
- Friends Provident Trophy website
- ECB Friends Provident Trophy website
- Last chance for the giant-killers - BBC Sport 30 April 2005
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Gillette Cup |
NatWest Trophy |
C&G Trophy |
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